Nehru's Bandung : non-alignment and regional order in Indian Cold War strategy /

This title sheds light on a neglected aspect of India's Cold War diplomacy, starting with the role of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his congress government in organising the first Asian-African Conference in Bandung in April 1955. Andrea Benvenuti shows how, in the early Cold War,...

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Benvenuti, Andrea
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
London : Hurst & Company, 2024.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
This title sheds light on a neglected aspect of India's Cold War diplomacy, starting with the role of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his congress government in organising the first Asian-African Conference in Bandung in April 1955. Andrea Benvenuti shows how, in the early Cold War, Nehru seized the opportunity accorded by the conference to transcend growing international tensions and pursue an alternative vision: a neutralised Asian `area of peace', underpinned by a code of conduct based on the five principles of peaceful coexistence.
Umfang:
1 online resource (386 pages)
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780197794647
0197794645
9780197796184
0197796184
9780197796191
0197796192
Schlagworte:
Nehru, Jawaharlal, > 1889-1964.
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